I decided after the third episode to drop Ghost Hound. The show is interesting, but just not clicking for me, and I feel like I’m putting more effort in to watch it than what it’s giving back is worth, and as a result, watching it feels like a draining experience. Close, but not quite my thing.
I also dropped Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, at least for now. Episode 2 was rather off-putting and the first episode wasn't so great either. I'm still prepared to believe the story gets interesting later if if moves in a different direction, but the formula as set up for now just doesn't grab me. If you want a comedic student/demonic avatar detective and monster-of-the-week mashup, though, by all means check it out.
The Code Geass spoof in the latest Hayate no Gotoku was brilliant, can’t wait for the next episode!
Finished watching Gurren Lagaan last night. Well, actually, I might go back and rewatch some of the episodes at the latter part of the first arc that I only skimmed through.
What it boils down to is that the first arc was okay, probably a lot better if you never saw shows like Wataru and Lamune and KO Century Beast and the like. I could have done with less cartooniness, especially on the robots. But other than a couple of mis-steps like the infamous episode 4, it's decent enough as shounen fare, with some great lines and some memorable scenes.
The second arc, on the other hand, is the stuff of legends and tall tales, especially the latter. The whole show by then feels like Gainax spinning a super-robot-meets-Matsumoto yarn over a campfire or on the playground, and the ultimate conclusion is, well, beyond description, hyper-galactic in scale and pure gutsiness. Gurren Lagaan is now the Paul Bunyan of anime, I'd say.
Great stuff. Cosmically great, epic, physics-defying, over the top, macho, ridiculously absurd and unbeatable, with increasingly bigger and more drill attacks than Freud could shake a...you know... at. It's the same kind of campy, cheesy joy one gets watching the Flash Gordon movie and then some.
Over 9000, nothing...